Folding bed



(No Model.)

E. E. HERRINTON 8v 1. 0. SMITH;

FOLDING BED.

No. 485,276. Patented Nov. 1, 1892.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EDWARD E. IIERRINTON AND ISRAEL 0. SMITH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHI- GAN,ASSIGNORS TO THE GRAND RAPIDS FOLDING BED COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,276, dated November1, 1892.

Application filed December 17, 1891. Serial No. 415,427. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD E. HERRIN- TON and ISRAEL 0. SMITH, citizensof the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kentand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Folding Beds; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to improvements in folding beds; and its object isto provide the same with certain new and useful features hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is avertical section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2 of a device embodying ourinvention; Fig. 2, a plan view of a portion of the same, the case beingin section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a detail showing thehead-board stops.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents the sides of the stationary case havingforwardly-projecting base-pieces A, which sides are connected only atthe rear and between which passes the platform II, which isindependently mounted on casters I I. Said platform is entirelydisconnected from said case and provided with posts K K, having openbearings at their upper ends, which engage the pivot-pins L at each sideof the folding section, whereby said section is pivoted upon andsupported by said platform I-I near the head end.

L L. are other pivot-pins near the end of said" folding section, whichengage downwardly-open bearings in the brackets M M, secured to avertically-movable head-board 0, arranged to slide freely in verticalgrooves G G in the sides A A. Said head-board balances the foldingsection B upon the pivots L L, and is provided with Weights D to give itsufficient weight for such purpose. Said headboard is also provided withstops to prevent its descent in said grooves whenever it is desired todetach the folding section B. These stops may be any convenient devicefor the purpose, that shown being pawls E, pivoted upon said head-board,and notches or ratchets F F in the sides A, with which said pawls areengaged to sustain the head-board (J.

J is a stop-strip on the front of the platform H, with which the cornerof the folding section engages when said section reaches the verticalposition.

From the foregoing the operation of our device will be readilyunderstood. By engaging the pawls E with the notches F the headboardwill be sustained in an elevated position, when by slightly raising thefoot of the section B the pivot-pins L will be disconnected from thebrackets M and the section B can be moved out, taking the platform withit and being supported thereby. If the bed be nearly closed and saidpawls engaged with the notches F, the head-board will again be sustainedthereby, and when the bed is fully closed the section B will, as before,be detached from the head-board and be supported upon the platform 11alone, and being sustained in vertical position thereon by the stop Jcan be moved away from the case. The structure can thus be easilyseparated, each part being separately mounted upon casters and much morereadily moved than when at- I tached.

hat we claim is- 1. Ina folding bed, a stationary case, an independentlysupported and movable platform, posts upon said platform, a foldingsection pivoted to said posts and separately movable with said platform,and a vertically-movable weight in said case detachably connected tosaid folding section, substantially as described.

2. In a folding bed, astationary case, afolding section, avertically-movable head-board, pawls on said head-board engaging notchesin said case, downwardly-open bearings 011 said head-board engagingpivot-pins on the folding section, and a movable and independentplatform having posts at each side, provided with open bearings at theirupper ends engaging pivots on said folding section, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a folding bed, a stationary case, a vertically-movable head-board,weights attached saidplatform to engage the corner of said sec- 10 tothe same, stops on said head-board to-hold tion, substantially asdescribed.

the same in an elevated position, brackets Intestimonywhereofweaffixoursignatnres having downwardly-open bearings attached inpresence of two witnesses.

5 to said head-board, a folding section having EDWARD E. HERRINTON.

pivotsengaging said bearings, a platform be- ISRAEL 0. SMITH. neath saidsection, posts at each side of said Witnesses: platform, having openbearingsengaging piv- LUTHER V; MOULTON,

ot-pins on said folding section, and a stop on GEORGE W. SHOOK.

